| “ | Your tyranny ends here, Prime! Cybertronians will once again know the freedom which is their right!! | „ |
| ~ Megatron (Shattered Glass) |
D-16, later known as Megatron is the main protagonist of the Shattered Glass continuity of the Transformers franchise.
He is the heroic leader of the Decepticons.
Borne from humble beginnings, the young idealist known as Megatron quickly found greatness thrust upon him, as the suffering of his beloved Cybertron under the maniacal Optimus Prime'sand his evil army of Autobots forced him to take up arms and lead his heroic Decepticon forces against them. Though the burden of leadership hangs heavy upon his shoulders, he continues to fight in the hopes of achieving peace and freedom for all beings, both on Cybertron and across the universe. Megatron is a deeply compassionate leader and unafraid to lay down his own life for the Decepticon cause, but this well-meaning tendency towards self-sacrifice often forces his faithful second-in-command Starscream to carry on leading the Decepticons without him.
In some universes, Megatron is reborn into an even more powerful form known as Galvatron. In both forms, he can wield the mighty Rumbler tank, his weapon of choice.
Biography[]
Fun Publications[]
Past[]
Megatron was a young mathematician who lectured at a university in Polyhex. Because of this, he noticed a disturbing trend in the numbers: civil war was certain. His colleagues just called him crazy and laughed it off, but when the maniacal Optimus Prime and his evil army of Autobots took over Cybertron, Megatron had been waiting in the underground, forming a resistance movement called the Decepticons to take back Cybertron and keep the Autobots from conquering the universe and plundering it, as they had done to Cybertron.
Shattered Glass[]
As Optimus Prime built his Ark for this purpose, Megatron and his inner circle planned to derail Prime's attempts at expansion. During a critical moment, the body of what appeared to be one of Optimus Prime's former lieutenants, Cliffjumper, was discovered by them and brought into their Polyhex stronghold. It was discovered that Cliffjumper had traveled from another universe which mirrored their own. After some misgivings, Cliffjumper agreed to aid them in their assault on the Ark and lent the technology from his glass gas towards the cause. On the battlefield, Prime was enraged that Cliffjumper had double-crossed him, and Megatron took the shot that was meant for the strange traveler. Cliffjumper was finally convinced of where he stood and backed Megatron whole-heartedly, and after destroying the Ark and its launching platform, Megatron critically wounded Prime and called his forces into retreat.
Dungeons & Dinobots[]
Sometime later, Megatron led the defense of the Arch-Ayr fuel dump that the Decepticons had recently rediscovered. He ended up being injured enough to be taken out of the fight, and Starscream fussed over and helped repair him. As the situation started looking dire, Megatron considered destroying the fuel dump to keep it out of Autobot hands. Fortunately, Soundwave called in the Mayhem Suppression Squad right at that moment. Megatron was impressed at the squad's skill in beating back the Autobots, but a bit put off by their... enthusiasm.
When the Dinobots' appearance further disrupted the fight and sent the Autobots packing back to Iacon, the Decepticons discussed the now running-loose Dinobots. Megatron agreed with Dirge's suggestion that they attempt to capture some of them to bolster their own forces. He ordered Starscream to gather a small force of their best mechs and have them commence the "Dinobot Hunt".
Do Ever[]
A short time before the launch of the Autobots' Ark, Megatron flew out to the Temple of Knowledge, believing he had been summoned by Boltax. Instead, it was Ricochet who had lured Megatron into a trap. Ricochet and Nightstick subdued the Decepticon leader. The Autobot Targetmasters hung Megatron over a pit lined with deathtraps and broadcast a ransom to the Decepticons. Ricochet believed that the Decepticons would not follow the Ark into space without Megatron. However, the Decepticons chose to send a small force to rescue him while continuing the preparations for departure. Optimus Prime also arrived, angry with Ricochet's plan. The Decepticon Micromasters distracted the Autobots, allowing Megatron to escape his prison. Megatron snatched up Ricochet's weapon, Nightstick, but Nightstick took control of Megatron's arm. Optimus took advantage of the situation, grabbing Megatron's own weapon Rumbler and charging at Megatron. Megatron turned, though, and Rumbler's sword severed Megatron's wrist, allowing him to regain control of his arm. Rumbler returned to Megatron's side and the Autobots retreated.
Reunification[]
When Aquarius, Breakaway, Landquake, and Topspin arrived at the Decepticons' base to ask after Heatwave, Megatron welcomed them in, with the proviso that they explain why they were looking for Heatwave and being chased by Computron. After Landquake finished said explanation, Megatron sent Cyclonus to fetch Heatwave. As they waited, he told Aquarius that he looked forward to an alliance between the Decepticons and Quintessons. Once Heatwave arrived, Megatron told their visitors that he hoped his "skilled soldier" could answer their questions.
Unfortunately, further discussion was cut short when Megatron was shocked and caught off-guard by Cyclonus opening fire on him, in an assassination plot masterminded by Alpha Trion. Reunification: Part 4 The Coming Storm: Part 1 The traitor Cyclonus was escorted away, but it was too late: Megatron was dead. However, Breakaway believed they could return Megatron to life if the four travelers and Heatwave put their hands on Megatron's body.
Transhuman[]
Using specifications from the Decepticons on Earth, a stellar spanner was constructed to link to Earth. Once it was operational, Megatron contacted Starscream to coordinate the first transfer. He sent Shockwave to Earth as an ambassador, and authorized a troop exchange so half of the Decepticons on Earth could return home. Unfortunately after Shockwave arrived on Earth, the Earth-end spanner had technical difficulties
Becoming Galvatron[]
- Main article: Galvatron (Shattered Glass)
They were successful, as the gestalt members' ministrations resulted in both them being reborn as Nexus Prime, and Megatron being resurrected as Galvatron. The two went out to face down Omega Doom, who had arrived outside of the Decepticon base.
When Nexus Prime went into space to deal with a deadly missile Omega Doom launched towards the sun during the fight, Galvatron stayed behind and led his Decepticons in a defense against the behemoth. Omega Doom was able to defeat all of his attackers and damage Galvatron, but by that time Nexus Prime had finished dealing with the missile, and laid the smackdown on Omega Doom.
Megatron even invented the art of transforming to counter the Autobots military superiority. When an attempted coup by Alpha Trion resulted in one of his trusted soldiers assassinating him, Megatron was resurrected by Nexus Prime into an even more powerful form known as Galvatron. Fueled by both the power of the 13 and a vision of a healed, peaceful Cybertron granted to him in the Allspark, he is now an even more determined and powerful adversary to the evil Autobots, though the betrayal he suffered sometimes still haunts him. In both forms, he can wield the mighty Rumbler tank, his weapon of choice.
IDW Comics[]
Megatron was originally a humble miner, but the injustices perpetuated by the corrupt Senate pushed him into becoming a prominent, if controversial, civil rights advocate, and, eventually, the founder of the Decepticon movement. Megatron's political struggles bemused his nominal friend, the power-hungry Orion Pax, who used his connections to spring Megatron from prison whenever the Decepticon leader got himself in trouble with the establishment, but over time disagreements drove a wedge between the two former friends. One day, while Megatron lead an anti-empurata rally outside the Senate building, Senate officer Prowl wound up brutalizing the Decepticon Ratbat; when Megatron intervened, he came to blows with Prowl and landed himself in jail. The sight of a humble ex-miner taking on the Senate inspired Starscream, who later joined the Decepticons.
Some time later, Orion Pax again pulled some strings to facilitate Megatron's release, but his acidic comment that Megatron deserved to spend some time in jail spiralled into a disagreement, which soon became an all-out brawl. Although Megatron walked free, he'd permanently severed his friendship with the ambitious Orion, who was already finalizing his own plans to overthrow the Senate.
When Starscream joined the Decepticons, Megatron appointed him as his second-in-command. In his new role, Starscream helped write some of Megatron's more notable speeches, and at one point the two experimented with using his unusually powerful spark as some kind of data receptacle. In time, the Decepticon-Autobot conflict spiralled into a full-fledged Great War between the two factions. After Cannonball perished in defending the Titan Net against the Autobots, Megatron attempted to properly recruit the crew of Rising Sea into the Decepticons only to be rebuked. Shattered Glass II #4 Later in the conflict, Megatron crash-landed on Earth, and was stranded there until more Decepticons arrived to help repair him. The battle to defend the planet's supplies of Rarified Energon soon snowballed out of control into a destructive, world-changing conflict; although Megatron fought valiantly, it soon became clear that the Autobots would overrun his forces if he did not take drastic action. During a battle in Hollywood, Megatron deliberately stayed behind to bait Optimus Prime into attacking him, willingly sacrificing his life so that Starscream and the other Decepticons could safely evacuate. Despite his best efforts to take down Optimus with him, however, the Autobot leader proved too powerful and beat him to the brink of death. Somehow, Megatron survived; when he awoke, the Decepticons had fled while the triumphant Autobots had already razed the planet and returned to Cybertron. Eventually, the Decepticon leader scrounged up a ship and limped back to Cybertron; upon arriving, however, he discovered that the Autobots had conquered the planet and vanquished whatever remained of the defeated Decepticons.
Intent on never being found, Megatron took up a solitary existence in the most uninhabitable part of the Rust Sea and instructed his lieutenants to never contact him again. While most of the Autobots and many Decepticons believed that Megatron had died, , Megatron maintained a solitary existence for many years until the day when a wounded Starscream tracked him down. After bringing Starscream inside his bunker to repair him, and reminiscing on both the buildup to and ultimate end of the war, Starscream revealed that he'd found a way to use his spark to reactivate the dormant Metroplex, and asked the reluctant Megatron to step up and rebuild the Decepticons.
Despite Megatron's misgivings, the pair infiltrated Gold City to meet with Soundwave—who'd kept tabs on the remaining Decepticons who'd gone into hiding—in a bid to kickstart a proper Decepticon resistance. When the pair ducked into a nearby watering hole to discuss their next move, however, the Autobot Blaster and his minions caught wind of their operation and attacked. To keep the vital information encoded in Starscream's spark safe, Megatron ordered Starscream to flee while he held off the Autobots.
Although Starscream wound up captured by the villainous Goldbug, Megatron assembled a number of Decepticon veterans—including Skywarp and the Insecticons—and sent them to recapture Starscream, though Goldbug killed them all before they could interfere. Finally, Megatron gathered enough Decepticons to launch a full-scale attack on Gold City, but arrived too late to stop Goldbug from killing Starscream and stealing his spark. As the victorious Decepticons overran the city's defenses, Megatron chased down and comforted Starscream's former friend Jetfire, who'd grown to regret his role in the war that had driven them apart. Saddened by the loss of his comrade, Megatron informed Jetfire that once they'd taken Gold City, they'd build a monument in Starscream's honor. Although Megatron suggested an alliance to find Goldbug and retrieve Starscream's stolen spark, the ex-Autobot announced that he'd consider the proposal and left.
As the Decepticons began rebuilding Gold City into "New Kaon", Megatron argued with Jetfire about the lack of progress made on finding Starscream's spark, unaware that their argument was being inflamed by Blaster's subsonic irritation. Though the two nearly came to blows, they regained their senses when Blaster ceased the attack, though the city was now on alert for an intruder.
When Metroplex was reactivated and sent on the warpath towards New Kaon led the defence, only to be damaged. Unable to continue but needing to stop Magnus, Megatron telepathically imparted Flamewar's information onto Soundwave, sending the communications chief to take down Ultra Magnus. Megatron was subsequently escorted off the battlefield by Soundwave's Mini-Cassettes.
Personality[]
In contrast to Megatron from the original universe, in this universe, Megatron is portrayed as a noble-hearted figure who serves as a role model for all Cybertronian races. Unlike most incarnations of Megatron, he is very wise and even cares for his comrades. Megatron has shown the respect and love for all life, and even forgives Cyclonus and allows him to rejoin, even after the latter killed him. Likewise, he greatly cares about his Decepticons; a far cry from his mainstream universe version. Megatron had been forming an underground resistance movement to take back Cybertron, and keep the Autobots from conquering the universe and plundering it, as the Decepticons. After been resurrected as Galvatron, he even more compassion and wisdom to his subordinates.
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Trivia[]
- This Megatron iteration was marked being the first truly heroic incarnation of Megatron as his Japanese Generation One and IDW Megatron started out as full villains before redeeming themselves.
- Like his counterpart from original universe, this Megatron does cares with his subordinates albeit doesn't being abusive towards Starscream.
- Opposing to his counterpart from original universe however, this Megatron incarnation doesn't transform into Cybertronian Gun. Instead, he transform into Cybertronian Jet.
- His body design was heavily influenced from Unicron Trilogy incarnation.
- Dan Khanna designed Megatron's black helmet and silver face, basing them on "Generation 1" Megatron's prototype character model seen in the first Transformers commercial, early issues of the Marvel Comics, and Megatron's Marvel Transformers Universe profile. Megatron's brief appearance in "Epilogue Two" and 2021's Shattered Glass comic use a recolored version of an earlier character model (at right) for the original Megatron as a basis.
- Megatron using math to predict future trends is based on psychohistory from Isaac Asimov's Foundation series of novels, but if we wanted to be cynical about it, we'd probably point out that it's more likely inspired by its then-recent importance in Marvel's Civil War crossover, wherein Mister Fantastic's usage of psychohistory defined his character arc in the event.
- Fun Publications' Jesse Wittenrich developed Megatron's Galvatron form by painting a War Within Springer he didn't want. The development of Galvatron's deco started out with the colors of Dai Atlas, but the final results shifted to become more purple.
- Galvatron's creation is tied to Primus, mirroring Generation 1 Galvatron's Unicronian origin.
- Megatron's appearance in Forged to Fight is a mild modification of his Generation 1 counterpart's game model, itself based on the Combiner Wars Leader Class Megatron toy.
- The Magic The Gathering card bizarrely depicts Megatron’s “jet mode” (inspired by the Shattered Glass Collection toy above) as an unchanged version of the tank mode, albeit with the wings and cockpit haphazardly slapped on in a way unachievable by the actual toy.
See Also[]
- Megatron - His counterpart from original universe
- Megatron (Japanese G1) - His counterpart in Japanese continuity of his original universe
- Optimus Prime - His roles in terms of aspects
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